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Which printmaking technique produces images using half-tones instead of lines?

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Mezzotint

Mezzotint is a technique of engraving areas of tone rather than lines. In this method, the entire surface of the plate is roughened by a spiked tool called a rocker so that, if inked at that point, the entire plate would print in solid black.

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